New Standards to Improve Mould Performance Warrington, UK – Progressive Components is a leading developer and distributor of globally standard components and web-based mould monitoring innovations. At the company's ninth K Show exhibition, additions include: Plate sequencing: Plate Retainers are a compact new method to pull parting lines in small to medium-sized moulds, and Plate…
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Tooling for Tomorrow Hits the $500,000 Mark
What does this organization actually do and how can you be a part of it to help tool up the moldmaking industry? What better month than October — Manufacturing Month — to shed some light on an initiative to help develop the current and future moldmaking workforce? Tooling for Tomorrow is an initiative established by Progressive Components in…
5 Ways Pro’s CADalog® Benefits Mold Designers
Progressive’s roots are in mold design, and we’ve worked to deliver tools to speed the design process with our exclusive CADalog®, which can be downloaded online or installed from a flash drive. Listed below are five aspects that we hope will be an advantage for you and your company: #1: Geometry Integrity All geometry is…
Plate Retainer: Compact, Simple-to-Install Plate Sequence Control
Progressive Components adds to its plate sequencing product line with the introduction of its new Plate Retainer, designed to hold parting lines or retain floating mold plates. For the mold builder, the compact design requires very little machining and no timing or fitting during assembly. For the molder, the SRT roller within the housing operates…
Install and Remove Angle Pins from Parting Line
Progressive Components introduces a new Angle Pin Holder engineered to simplify the installation and removal of angle pins. For the mold builder, Progressive’s Angle Pin Holders are designed to avoid angled machining, and on large A plates, it eliminates the need for long angle pins and long bored holes. For the molder, removal of broken…
Big Advantages for Small Molds from Progressive
EXCLUSIVES FROM PROGRESSIVE DELIVER ADVANTAGES FOR PRECISION TOOLING. Located in the Northern Illinois medical molding corridor, Progressive's roots are in precise, critical-to-function tooling. With that perspective, we continue to expand our product range with industry exclusives: CAVITY INTERLOCKS Progressive’s new Flat Series cavity interlocks are a space-saving design for mounting directly within a mold’s inserts. Overall lengths…